Hobbit's Sting

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #20 · Common · Instant

Mana cost: {1}{W}

Hobbit's Sting deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of creatures you control plus the number of Foods you control.

"One for the Shire!" cried Aragorn. "The Hobbit's bite is deep! You have a good blade, Frodo son of Drogo!"

Illustrated by Viko Menezes · Released June 23, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.09 USD (75.0%) to $0.21 USD; low $0.12 USD, high $0.22 USD.

Printings

  1. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #471 (LTR) · Common · 2023 · $0.44 USD
  2. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #20 (this printing) · Common · 2023 · $0.21 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2023-06-16 · wotc — If a Food you control is also a creature, it will be counted twice.
  2. 2024-11-08 · wotc — If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
  3. 2024-11-08 · wotc — You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  4. 2024-11-08 · wotc — Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  5. 2024-11-08 · wotc — Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Sam, Loyal Attendant · in 17% of 46 decks
  2. Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · in 16% of 49 decks

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